Spring Hinge Door Closer Adjustment

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Spring hinge door closer adjustment.

Adjusting a spring loaded hinge must be done with the door closed. Remove the locking pin popular videos sorry the video player failed to load. Find the hole that s furthest to the right in the adjustment slot. You insert the pin into a hole after you increase or decrease the needed tension.

First you ll need to remove the tension ping from your hinge. Tighten or loosen in small steps. Look on the side of the hinge near the top for a horizontal adjustment slot that has a line of holes inside. Hillman 852868 hardware essentials 852546 satin brass double acting 3 inch black adjustable screen door spring hinge 3 2 pieces 4 2 out of 5 stars 145 15 99 15.

The pin will hold the tension at that setting. How to adjust a self closing spring hinge yourself 1. Adjusting hex head type spring hinges. If your hinge has a tension pin inserted into the side of the hinge you need to pull the pin from the hinge with needle nose.

Insert a tension rod in the rightmost hole in the top hinge s adjustment slot. The rule of thumb is that if you want your hinge tightened the pin needs to be moved further up the spring. Use the small metal tension rod that came with your hinges when you purchased them. Some spring hinges use a hex wrench aka allen wrench.

Always install hinges with the tension adjustment up. If you re loosening the hinge the pin needs to be moved down. Adjusting your spring loaded hinge must be done with the door closed.